Mad Catz is hoping to get their line of FightStick products over to fans in Japan, according to this article on Kotaku.com.At the most recent Tougeki: Super Battle Opera, a famed Street Fighter tournament in Japan, seven out of ten of the finalists owned Mad Catz sticks, Verrey said.
"What makes it even more amazing is that they aren't made officially in Japan, so they had imported sticks across from the U.S. which is unheard of really because it's normally the other way round," he said. "The interest now has peaked in Japan and has given us a foothold in the Japanese market so we are actually releasing the tournament edition of the sticks without the graphics."
Mad Catz can't release sticks with Street Fighter graphics because of Hori's license, but they hope that will change.
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